System and method for sequential delivery of measured doses of medication

Abstract

A medicine dosing device for delivering sequential doses of medication to a patient. The medicine dosing device includes a substantially transparent vessel for holding the medication therein. A visual dosing aid such as a dosing bar is present on a surface of the vessel. The visual dosing aid includes a plurality of dosing segments where each of the dosing segments identifies a volume of the medication corresponding to one of a plurality of medication doses to be sequentially provided to the patient. The visual dosing aid may be of a color or pattern that is correlated to at least one physical characteristic of the patient.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A medicine dosing device, comprising:
 a substantially transparent vessel for holding a medication therein; 
 a first visual dosing bar on a surface of the vessel, the first visual dosing bar being of a first color and being partitioned into a plurality of first dosing segments wherein each of the plurality of first dosing segments identifies a volume of the medication corresponding to one of a plurality of first sequential medication doses to be provided to a first patient and each of the first dosing segments is numbered to indicate an order in which each of the first sequential medication doses is provided to the first patient, the first color thereby enabling the first visual dosing bar to be correlated to a size of the first patient; 
 a second visual dosing bar on the surface of the vessel, the second visual dosing bar being of a second color and being partitioned into a plurality of second dosing segments wherein each of the plurality of second dosing segments identifies a volume of the medication corresponding to one of a plurality of second sequential medication doses to be sequentially provided to a second patient and each of the second dosing segments is numbered to indicate an order in which each of the second sequential medication doses is provided to the second patient, the second color thereby enabling second visual dosing bar to be correlated to a size of the second patient; and 
 wherein the first visual dosing bar and the second visual dosing bar are on an outer surface of the substantially transparent vessel. 
 
     
     
       2. The medicine dosing device of  claim 1  wherein the first visual dosing bar and the second visual dosing bar are each rectangular.